Airline company KLM takes into account that more jobs at the company will be lost than the previously announced five thousand. This is because the recovery in aviation is lagging behind expectations, KLM CEO Pieter Elbers wrote in an internal message to employees on Friday.
Airline company KLM takes into account that more jobs will be lost at the company than the previously announced five thousand. This is because the recovery in aviation is lagging behind expectations, KLM CEO Pieter Elbers wrote in an internal message to employees on Friday.
At the end of July, when announcing the reorganization, Elbers already announced that it is difficult to accurately estimate the recovery in demand for air travel. He also said that more jobs may have to be lost if the recovery were to be disappointing. Now he also hangs a number on it.
If the number of flights next summer season is 10 percent below the previously predicted level, that will cost another 1,500 jobs, according to Elbers. “Dizzying numbers,” said Elbers. KLM previously assumed 20 to 25 percent fewer flights for the summer of 2021 than a year earlier. Now he is counting on a decrease of 30 to 35 percent.
KLM is again opening a departure arrangement. It was announced on Thursday that cabin crew can use it.
